- I will be including your wonderful books in the preschool program this year.~ Tracey A. - Preschool Teacher, London
- Every single time I open my iPad my kids ask to read this book. They laugh when they read it. What I like about it as a parent is that it is the first book my three year old attempts to read all by himself. Would definitely recommend to those parents as a first reader or to teach long versus short vowel sounds.~ bowserinlondon
Browse the Series of Short Vowel Shorts!
FAT CAT vs. BAD BAT
Features:
- Only One Vowel Sound: ă
- Just 9 Consonants
- No Sight Words
- ALL CAPS
- Introduces the Exclamation Point: !
- Original Ink & Watercolor Illustrations
ED EGG vs. PEG LEG EGG
Features:
- Only One Vowel Sound: ĕ
- Just 10 Consonants
- No Sight Words
- ALL CAPS
- Introduces the Apostrophe: ‘
- Original Ink & Watercolor Illustrations
ISH FISH & JIN FIN
Features:
- Only One Vowel Sound: ĭ
- Introduces the blend: SH
- No Sight Words
- ALL CAPS
- Introduces the Countdown: 3, 2, 1
- Features: Teamwork
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Short Vowel Shorts is a series of five phonics books for kids that can help them gain confidence as they learn how to read. The books are designed to be an engaging compliment to word family or phonics worksheets and other reading activities. They don’t contain any sight words, so children who know all their letter sounds but haven’t learned sight words yet can decode and read them, initially with help from a parent or teacher, and then by themselves.
Each story contains only one short vowel sound, so children are only deciphering one vowel sound for the whole story rather than a mix of multiple vowel sounds.
The aim of Short Vowel Shorts is to provide parents and teachers with an option for a phonics step between single letter sounds/word families and short stories that contain sight words and a mix of multiple vowel sounds. Hopefully, being in an illustrated story format, Short Vowel Shorts can be an engaging supplement to word families that will have children gaining skills, confidence, and enjoyment as readers, and saying: “Can I Read-It-On-My-Own?” and then: “I just Read-It-On-My-Own!”
BOB BOT & DOT BOT
Features:
- Only One Vowel Sound: ŏ
- Contrasts single letter sounds: B, D, P & T
- No Sight Words
- ALL CAPS
- Contrasts letter combinations: PS, SP, ST, FT & TS
- Introduces Numerical Date Format: 10 10 2099
BUP PUP vs. UG SLUG vs. HUG BUG
Features:
- Only One Vowel Sound: ŭ
- Introduces Directional Word: UP
- No Sight Words
- ALL CAPS
- Introduces Number Symbol: #
- Introduces Question Mark: ?
- Features Ordinal Numbers: 1st, 2nd, 3rd
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Features:
- FAT CAT vs. BAD BAT
- ED EGG vs. PEG LEG EGG
- ISH FISH & JIN FIN
- BUP PUP vs. UG SLUG vs. HUG BUG
- BOB BOT & DOT BOT
